Chinook RV

Not going to drag up actual receipts with attending shipping costs etc
Charger converter......$200
Solar charge controller..$130
Trimetric monitor........$145
Shunt/wiring harness/temp monitor for above $80
6 gauge wire from panel marine grade duplex $100
Misc breakers heavy gauge lugs/wire from controller to battery $50
Heavy duty mounting hardware to elevate panel........$100
150 watt solar panel...................................$225
2 Sears agm.............................................$425

So about $1,500 but without an inverter

Steve arooney

Hey thanks for posting this.

Are you happy with the results? Anything you'd like to add or omit from the system?

It's very balanced to my needs,I hardly run the generator and never need to run it to charge my batteries.(IMO that's just a slow noisy waste of gas and time) I never seem to draw my batteries very far down boon docking (but I am frugal with electricity)thought I would add a panel when I started but so far 150 watt works fine.I would like to add an inverter someday,for no particular reason except for the ability to run a 110 appliance in the kitchen without having to run that awful noisy generator.I don't run the air conditioner,and open the windows and run quiet fans,so I could live without a generator and air conditioner.When I camped by Horse thief springs in Mojave desert last summer it was brutal I admit but I managed.Propane fridge,let's just say since I switched out the board with a dinosaur I seem to manage...It kept the Popsicle pops frozen in the Mojave that night,and simple man that am that satisfied my needs.However a small Ac refer would satisfy my needs,and believe me I read those posts with great attention. Rooney